Firefighters call vacant home fire in Trenton suspicious

The Trenton Fire Department put out a fire in a vacant home on the first block of Franklin Street late Monday night.

At 11:09 p.m., Engines 3, 7 and 10, Ladder 2 and Rescue 1 went to 57 Franklin Street on reports of a fire in the rear of the home. Upon extinguishing the flames, Battalion Chief Todd Fell called in the Trenton Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office because while the exact cause of the fire is under investigation, it is considered suspicious.

“It’s unknown if the utilities have been shut off, but because it’s a vacant, the utilities should be off,” Battalion Chief Henry Gliottone said. “If that’s the case, there wouldn’t be an ignition source.”